越
to exceed; to climb over; to surpass; the more... the more
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #832 U+8D8A
How 越 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
走 (semantic, “run”) + 戉 (phonetic, yuè)
How to remember it
surpass · Heisig RSH #393
parade + 走 walk
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 戉
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 戉 (yuè) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 戉 sound component | yuè | halberd, battle-axe |
| 魆 | xū | black; sudden; to beguile |
Words containing 越
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 越南民主共和国 | Yuè nán Mín zhǔ Gòng hé guó | Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976 |
| 越西县 | Yuè xī Xiàn | Yuexi, a county in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture 涼山彝族自治州|凉山彝族自治州[Liang2 shan1 Yi2 zu2… |
| 越城区 | Yuè chéng Qū | Yuecheng, a district of Shaoxing City 紹興市|绍兴市[Shao4 xing1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 越南文 | Yuè nán wén | Vietnamese written language; Vietnamese literature |
| 越南语 | Yuè nán yǔ | Vietnamese language, Tiếng Việt |
| 超越主义 | chāo yuè zhǔ yì | transcendentalism |
| 越光米 | Yuè guāng mǐ | Koshihikari rice (variety of rice popular in Japan) |
| 知识越多越反动 | zhī shi yuè duō yuè fǎn dòng | the more knowledgeable, the more reactionary (absurd anti-intellectual slogan attributed a… |
| 中越战争 | Zhōng Yuè Zhàn zhēng | Sino-Vietnamese War (1979) |
| 越南战争 | Yuè nán Zhàn zhēng | Vietnam War (1955-1975) |
| 杀人越货 | shā rén yuè huò | to kill sb for his property (idiom); to murder for money |
| 越国 | Yuè guó | Yue state; generic term for states in south China or southeast Asia at different historica… |
| 越西 | Yuè xī | see 越西縣|越西县[Yue4 xi1 Xian4] |
| 越发 | yuè fā | increasingly; more and more |
| 越文 | Yuè wén | Vietnamese written language; Vietnamese literature |
| 外在超越 | wài zài chāo yuè | outer transcendence (perfection through the agency of God) |
| 南越 | Nán Yuè | South Vietnam; South Vietnamese |
| 越南 | Yuè nán | Vietnam |
| 越城 | Yuè chéng | see 越城區|越城区[Yue4 cheng2 Qu1] |
| 超越数 | chāo yuè shù | transcendental number (math.) |